OXFMS008 Guide to the C. Dorr Demaray Papers 1979-1981 Demaray (C. Dorr) Papers Finding aid prepared by Adrienne Meier Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Seattle Pacific University Archives
3307 3rd Avenue West Suite 306 Seattle, Washington, 98119 URL: http://www.spu.edu/depts/library/
2011 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-07-20 English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). C. Dorr Demaray Papers MS008 Seattle Pacific University
3307 3rd Avenue West Suite 306 Seattle, Washington, 98119 URL: http://www.spu.edu/depts/library/
Collection materials are in English. 5.0 linear feet 1979-1981 C. Dorr Demaray served as Seattle Pacific's president from 1959 to 1968. This collection contains his research and five manuscript chapters from the unpublished work "Seattle Pacific University: The Centennial History, 1891-1991." Demaray, Calvin Dorr, 1901-1992

Collection is open for research

This collection contains five manuscript chapters of "Seattle Pacific University: The Centennial History, 1891-1991" an unpublished work by C. Dorr Demaray. The collection also contains Demaray's research, with documents on topics like student life, university departments, faculty and staff, university statistics, and university milestones.

 Biographical note

Calvin Dorr Demaray was born in Michigan in 1901. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and a Litt D. from Seattle Pacific College in 1945. Demaray served as president of Seattle Pacific between 1959 and 1968.

Demaray's decade saw the largest number of new buildings constructed on campus. These include: Crawford Music Building, the Student Union Building, Weter Memorial Library (now Weter Hall), Gwinn Commons, Hill Residence Hall, Ashton Residence Hall, Robbins Apartments (married student housing) and Demaray Hall, named for him and built to house administrative offices and classrooms. Demaray worked to make Seattle Pacific more visible in the Seattle community. He was helped in this by successful athletic teams in basektball, track and field and cross country. Not all the athletics endeavors were successful, however; the baseball team, after many losing seasons and with few quality facilities on campus, was disbanded. Demaray's tenure also saw changes and expansions in curriculum, including new graduate programs in the School of Education and the School of Religion. Demaray died in Seattle in 1992.

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